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NEW YORK — The Orlando Magic may have found their teachable moment Wednesday night. After a first half in which the New York Knicks' Chauncey Billups, Toney Douglas and Roger Mason Jr. drained 3-pointer after 3-pointer, the Magic returned to the visitors' locker room inside Madison Square Garden and received a not-so-gentle reminder from their coach. Stan Van Gundy pointed to a dry-erase board that listed what the team wanted to accomplish on defense. Then he asked his players if they had achieved those goals. Nobody answered "yes." Point made. The Magic ramped up their defense and rode an MVP-caliber offensive performance from center Dwight Howard to recover...

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